This week, the BBC devoted attention to a series on the spread of false information: The BBC is launching a series today on disinformation and fake news, with documentaries, reports and features on TV, radio and online. There are conferences in…

For two years, observers have speculated that the June, 2016, Brexit campaign in the U.K. served as a petri dish for Donald Trump 's Presidential campaign in the United States. Now there is new evidence that it did. Newly surfaced e-mails show that…

A new message popped onto Blair's screen from a friend who helped with his website. “What viral insanity should we spread this morning?” the friend asked. “The more extreme we become, the more people believe it,” Blair…

Axios, the bulleted list chimera of tech and journalism, conceived according to the premise that “ Media is broken—and too often a scam,” is experimenting with a new format: “smart brevity” longform. Confused?

Virginia-based lecturer John Lewis set up his Twitter handle, @JohnLewis, in 2007 Every year he receives thousands of tweets intended for the department store This year, the cult hero has his own Christmas advert. It celebrates the fact that no, he…

It's been five years since Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, published her manifesto, Lean In, urging women not to sell themselves short at work or doubt their ability to balance a family with a career. Though controversial…